Unit IV Fundamentals of Construction

arrange

guard

stratum

transfer

equipment

weight

furnishings

ceiling

site

участок, место

waste

отбросы, отходы, мусор

to dispose

Избавляться, удалять

to provide

обеспечивать, снабжать

arrangement

устройство, приспособление

to cause

причинять, послужить причиной/поводом для чего-л.; мотивировать что-л.

facility

оборудование, приспособления, аппаратура; здания (заводов, фирм и т. п.)

to sink

опускаться, тонуть

frame construction

каркасная конструкция

frame of roof

стропильная система

support plate

опорная плита

live load

собственный вес, вес конструкции

dead load

рабочая нагрузка, динамический вес

equipment crane

кран для погрузки

shallow foundation

фундамент мелкого заложения

deep foundation

фундамент глубокого заложения

accom­modation

удобство

to remove

to excavate

to transfer

permanent stability

foundation design

to be complex

to be a common practice

to determine

1 to find out the facts about something

▪ Investigators are still trying to determine the cause of the fire.

2 if something determines something else, it directly influences or decides it

▪ The amount of available water determines the number of houses that can be built.

3 to officially decide something:

▪ The date of the court case has not yet been determined.

to control

1 to have the power to make the decisions about how a country, place, company etc is organized or what it does:

▪ The Democrats continued to control the Senate until last year.

2 to limit the amount or growth of something, especially something that is dangerous:

▪ Strict measures were taken to control the spread of foot and mouth disease.

3 make somebody/something do what you want to make someone or something do what you want, or make something happen in the way that you want:

▪ Police had to be called in to control the crowds.

to deposit

1 to put something down in a particular place:

▪ The female deposits her eggs directly into the water.

2 to leave a layer of a substance on the surface of something, especially gradually:

▪ As the river slows down, it deposits a layer of soil.

3 to put money or something valuable in a bank or other place where it will be safe

deposit something in something

▪ You are advised to deposit your valuables in the hotel safe.

deposit something with somebody/something

▪ The dollars are then deposited with banks outside the USA.

to locate

1 to find the exact position of something:

▪ We couldn't locate the source of the radio signal.

2 be located in/near etc something to be in a particular position or place synonym be situated:

▪ A large proportion of the world's volcanoes are located on the oceanic crust.

3 to put or build something in a particular place:

▪ Large retail chains are usually only prepared to locate stores in areas of high population density.

foundation

the solid layer of cement, bricks, stones etc that is put under a building to support it:

▪ It took the builders three weeks to lay the foundations.

▪ The earthquake shook the foundations of the house.

substructure

a solid base under the ground that supports a building above the ground

superstructure

a structure that is built on top of the main part of something such as a ship or building

to examine

to look at something carefully and thoroughly because you want to find out more about it:

▪ A team of divers was sent down to examine the wreck.

▪ Hegel's philosophy will be examined in detail in Chapter 4.

examine how/whether/what etc

▪ In the course, we will examine how and why Spain became a democracy in 1931.

examine something for something

▪ The police will have to examine the weapon for fingerprints.